#16 Lavi Funding: Over $2 billion of US aid and the latest US technology went into the Lavi project. (90% of Lavi development cost was funded by US taxpayers via FMS aid).
Examples of this technology include Pratt and Whitney PW1120 engines; graphite epoxy composite materials; electronic countermeasures (ECM) parts; radar-warning receivers and their logarithms; wide-angle, heads-up display; programmable signal-processor emulator; flight-control computer; single-crystal turbine technology; and computer and airframe system.
Arrow anti-ballistic missile system: Since 1988, the United States has provided Israel with more than $1 billion in grants for research and development of the Arrow through the defense budget. President Bush requested $60 million for the Arrow for FY2003. The 2004 budget also includes a request for $136 million for the Arrow, of which $66 million is for an improvement program and $70 million for production. The US Congress approved the funding of $81.6 million toward the cost of a third batteries. Each battery reportedly costs about $170m.
Forgot to mention, the Chinese PL-8 (primary IR missile) on the J-10. Chinese licensed copy of the Israeli Python 3, which in itself is a unauthorized copy of the AIM-9L Sidewinder (world's first all aspect IR missile). The Chinese then took the Python 3 (ex AIM-9L) seeker, put it on a Chinese missile frame and called it the PL-9 and exported it to Israel's neighbors (e.g. Iraq and Iran).
Jane's Intelligence Review 11/01/98: the transfer by Israel to China of the Phalcon airborne early warning and control system (US pressure killed the sale), the Python air-combat missile, and the F-10 fighter aircraft, containing "state-of-the-art U.S. electronics."
In 1992, the first Bush Administration launched a broad inter-departmental investigation into the export of classified technology to China. Of particular concern at the time was the transfer to China by Israel of U.S. Patriot missiles and/or technology. ... In this instance, the Joint Chiefs of Staff, aware that Israel had already been caught selling the earlier AIM 9-L version of the missile to China in violation of a written agreement with the U.S. on arms re-sales, intervened to cancel the proposed AIM-9M deal.
Missile technology sold by Israel to China found its way into tactical missiles sold by China to Iran, Syria, and Iraq, and, reportedly, into CSS-2 ballistic missiles sold by China to Saudi Arabia. American defense and state department officials are furious at Israel for so flagrantly violating the US embargo of high-tech arms to China, particularly as tensions between Washington and Beijing rise. There have even been angry demands in Congress for the value of the Israeli AWACS aircraft sold to China to be deducted from the $3-5 billion in aid Israel receives annually from the US. Fears are being expressed that US technology for Israel’s new ‘Arrow’ anti-missile system, developed with nearly $1 billion in US aid, may also be sold to China.
Would it be too much to ask that Israel not sell US funded tech to US adversaries (and eventually Israel's too)? Lots more examples are available. Though lately Israel has tranferred less weapons tech, just recently there was news of the Harpy anti radar attack drones for China. At least the Harpy was Israeli funded, as far as I know. |
BEIJING – A sleek, swept-wing fighter-bomber dubbed the "Jian-10," unveiled here last week, is more than just another jet plane. It is China's calling card, announcing Beijing's arrival among the top ranks of military manufacturers.